Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[kosmo vinyl]

this should go in the podcast thread, but i know the audience of this thread will enjoy this one...  the new podcast Mystery is shaping up to be a really good one and the second episode in they seek to get a mystery solved by asking a question of Britney Spears...

http://gimletmedia.com/2015/05/case-2-britney/

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

...well I await your Apple Music review
Looks like a lame money grab

Read a line that made my eyes pop
That?s because Apple doesn?t really make that much from music. Revenue from iTunes was only $4.8 billion last quarter ? a number that includes all software and services including ebooks, apps and warrantie



so close to 20 bil annually really isn't that much nowadays??!!

[vansmack]

...well I await your Apple Music review

Well, since you have to have an Apple Device to watch the keynote, my review will not be coming shortly.

I suspect you will have to have an Apple Device to use whatever Apple's new Music Streaming service will be, so again, no that likely that my comparison will be coming soon.  Perhaps my fiancee will sign up so I can check it out?

Either way, competition in the field is good for prices and for furthering the technology.

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

...well I await your Apple Music review

Well, since you have to have an Apple Device to watch the keynote, my review will not be coming shortly.

me no have no apple sir

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

actually I like this one better

[vansmack]

Jimmy Iovine called it a "revolutionary music service" so it has to be good.

[vansmack]

I suspect you will have to have an Apple Device to use whatever Apple's new Music Streaming service will be, so again, no that likely that my comparison will be coming soon. 

I stand corrected.  Android version coming this fall.

I probably won't use it, but it's progress for many.

Live 24/7 Human DJs, artists direct page, and apparently some some sort of learning your tastes playlists feature.  Not much more to it, other than better Siri integration.  $10 for one, $15 a month for a family of up to 6 (I really hope Google Play Music All Access adds a family plan because of this). 

[vansmack]

I don't have time to read this right now, but I am absolutely coming back to this:

Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind ?8 CDs for a penny?

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

I don't have time to read this right now, but I am absolutely coming back to this:

Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind ?8 CDs for a penny?

I read that earlier. It gets a little long in the tooth in the middle but is worth a read.

I have been enjoying 1995 week on AV Club greatly.

[RatBastard]

I don't have time to read this right now, but I am absolutely coming back to this:

Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind ?8 CDs for a penny?

Basically it is about 50-60 pages of crap.

[kosmo vinyl]

I just got a invite to test the Apple Music product on Android... I actually tried Tidal for it's free month and thought the sound quality was pretty good, but couldn't justify the price for it. The playlists on Tidal were pretty lame.  How hard is to pick 10 Daptone Records songs for instance.   Kinda thought they would throw me a discount to stay a subscribe, but alas that didn't happen, so it's on to the Apple test. 

[vansmack]

So there you have it - Kosmo will be providing the review.  Looking forward to it.

[vansmack]

I thought this was pretty funny:

https://twitter.com/JasonCross00/status/607984703862210560

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

as expected...apple is sticking it to the artists

[vansmack]

This is interesting - Google Contributor

https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/

You pay a flat monthly fee, they block Ads and give your money directly to the web site instead of the advertiser.